Thurnby is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, now in the parish of

Thurnby and Bushby Thurnby and Bushby, sometimes known as Thurnby, is a civil parish in the Harborough District, Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,147, increasing to 3,301 at the 2011 census. Pos ...

, in the

Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...

district, in the county of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, England. It is just east of

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

's city boundaries. Thurnby village proper is set to the south of the A47, just after it leaves the city. A sister village,

Bushby Bushby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurnby and Bushby, in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 336. It lies just south of the A47 Uppingham Road, which leads ...

lies just to the east and merges into it. To the west is

Evington Evington is an Electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred on Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer ...

and

Thurnby Lodge Thurnby Lodge is an estate in eastern Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Roughly, it consists of the area inside the city boundary which is north of the A47 road, Uppingham Road, east of the A563 road, A563 outer ringroad, and south of the Scrap ...

in Leicester proper, to the north is

Scraptoft Scraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England. It has a population of about 1,500, measured at the 2011 census as 1,804. It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby to t ...

and to the south and east are open countryside – the next villages in these directions are Stoughton and

Houghton on the Hill Houghton on the Hill is a village and civil parish lying to the east of Leicester in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, East Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,524. An entry for Hought ...

History

Thurnby is not mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

, possibly being considered part of Stoughton, but is recorded by the 13th century. By 1563 there were 40 households recorded in Thurnby and Bushby but the population declined in the following years, with only 22 households by 1670 – however there is little population data available surrounding much of the general history. Thurnby church, now St Luke's, originates from around 1143 although many alterations and restorations have occurred since the original build.

Amenities

Thurnby has two primary schools, Fernvale Primary and St Lukes C of E primary school, which has strong links with St. Lukes Church. There is now only one public house, The Rose & Crown, as The Swallow has since closed. There is a large Scout and Guide group, situated on Court Road.

Civil parish

On 1 April 1936 the parish of

was merged with Thurnby, part of Thurnby became part of Leicester, on 11 November 1999 the parish was renamed "Thurnby & Bushby". In 1931 the parish of Thurnby (prior to the merge) had a population of 348.

References

External links

Thurnby and Bushby societyThis Is Leicestershire
Villages in Leicestershire Former civil parishes in Leicestershire Harborough District {{Leicestershire-geo-stub